Friday, March 28, 2014

What God Says About Anger

By Beatrix C.

Recently my mother has withdrawn me from my current school and decided that I'm to be home schooled.I don't mind that, and I'm actually happy she did.I wanted to tell everyone, but Mom said to wait. Well, if she didn't think I wasgoing to at least tell my BFFL (Best Friend For Life), she's crazy. So I told her.

I also had a game coming up - a soccer game, and my team’s first game. Well, I wondered if I could at least play that game, so I asked my friend to explain to the coach why I wouldn't be at practice anymore, and if I could play that one game. And my friend told her not to tell anyone else. Well, she turnedaround and told the ENTIRE team! Cat's out of the bag, you could say. She also asked my mom about it. So my mom, in turn, got mad at me for telling my friend, who told the teacher. That made me mad; I was furious. Coach had broken my trust and blew it! So I sent her an angry text on how I didn't appreciate the fact that she told the entire team, and that I was going to tell them on Friday. The point is that the text I sent was really, really rude. I also got my friend in the middle of it. My friend told her mom, and her mom said she should apologize to my mom for telling the teacher and that she should have just let me tell coach and that she can be blamed. I immediately felt awful. I sent her mom an apology text about getting my friend into all of it. She

found what I did understandable because she had done it once or twice. Then she sent me a verse.

James 1:19-21“My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does notproduce the righteousness that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.”

That verse really got to me. And lots of guilt slammed on my shoulders. I sent Coach another text. This time it was an apology. And that the words that I had sent to her were out of anger. I then sent a text to my Mom, apologizing for telling my friend, and for not getting her permission first to do so. And everything

was fine between my friend’s and my mothers. Coach hasn't said anything so I wonder....The lesson here, girls, is that we should be slow to anger. For when we are angry, we often do not have much thought into our next actions. Learn from my mistakes. Don't repeat them. They will only make life worse.